Gunnar hates ‘stupid’ weight cutting rules
Gunnar Nelson wants to change how weight cutting works in MMA, and says Conor McGregor shouldn’t stay much longer at featherweight.
Weight cutting for MMA has been a topic of debate for many years. UFC fighter Gunnar Nelson shares his thoughts on it, and talks about Conor McGregor moving up a weight class.
Despite being one of the smaller fighters in the division, Gunnar Nelson has been climbing up the welterweight ladder, going 5-1 in the UFC so far. The decorated grappler is one of the rare few who don’t cut as much weight, and Nelson says he isn’t really a fan of the rules that allow unhealthy cuts.
“I just think guys should fight [at] their weight. And as it is now, it’s not really the fighters, it’s the rules,” Nelson told Submission Radio. “The fighters are just taking advantage of the rules, and they’re working it the way it is. And they’re actually fighting guys their weight, because everybody cuts so much weight, except me maybe and a few others.”
“But I think they should change it so that people can just fight closer to the weight, so that people don’t have to be cutting all this weight to have to fight people their size.”
